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Ticketmaster doesn't own any venues, their parent company Live Nation does. Live Nation does own many of the venues in the largest areas (1 in 20, but they have partial control of more). Ticketmaster's exclusivity deals covers another 65% to 85% of the market (no one really knows and was hoping this would come more to light during the congressional hearing).
Artists literally have no choice here. If they want to go where people actually are and be heard, they can't escape Ticketmaster.
Also, Garth Brooks? That's your example here? The guy who wrote a letter to Congress this year defending Ticketmaster as this stand up company who cares about ticket pricing and the fans? Yeah he's said some things against surge pricing but he is definitely not anti Ticketmaster.